2024 NCAA Division II football rankings
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| Season | 2024 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
| Preseason No. 1 | Harding |
The 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II football rankings consists primarily of The AFCA Coaches' Poll, determined by coaches part of NCAA Division II football programs. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division II level of college football for the 2024 season.
Legend
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| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week or no change | ||
| Selected for College Football Playoff | ||
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll
| Preseason August 12[1] | Week 2 September 9[2] | Week 3 September 16[3] | Week 4 September 23[4] | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Harding (25) | Harding (1–0) (27) | Harding (2–0) (27) | Harding (3–0) (29) | 1. | ||||||||
| 2. | Central Missouri | Central Missouri (1–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (2–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | 2. | ||||||||
| 3. | Ferris State (1) | Grand Valley State (1–0) (1) | Valdosta State (3–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | 3. | ||||||||
| 4. | Grand Valley State (1) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | 4. | ||||||||
| 5. | Colorado Mines | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (2–1) | 5. | ||||||||
| 6. | Pittsburg State | Valdosta State (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | 6. | ||||||||
| 7. | Valdosta State | Ferris State (1–1) | Kutztown (2–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | 7. | ||||||||
| 8. | Central Washington | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | 8. | ||||||||
| 9. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Kutztown (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) (1) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | 9. | ||||||||
| 10. | Kutztown | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | 10. | ||||||||
| 11. | Slippery Rock | Minnesota State (2–0) | Central Missouri (1–1) | Emporia State (4–0) | 11. | ||||||||
| 12. | West Florida | West Florida (1–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Central Missouri (2–1) | 12. | ||||||||
| 13. | Minnesota State | Central Washington (0–1) | Emporia State (3–0) | Central Washington (2–1) | 13. | ||||||||
| 14. | Augustana (SD) | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Western Colorado (3–0) | 14. | ||||||||
| 15. | Western Colorado | Western Colorado (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | 15. | ||||||||
| 16. | Indianapolis | Indianapolis (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | 16. | ||||||||
| 17. | Minnesota Duluth | Delta State (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | 17. | ||||||||
| 18. | Delta State | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (2–1) | 18. | ||||||||
| 19. | Ouachita Baptist | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Charleston (WV) (3–0) | 19. | ||||||||
| 20. | Virginia Union | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | 20. | ||||||||
| 21. | UT Permian Basin | Emporia State (2–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Florida (1–1) | 21. | ||||||||
| 22. | NW Missouri State | CSU Pueblo (2–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | 22. | ||||||||
| 23. | Charleston (WV) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Alabama (3–0) | Central Oklahoma (3–0) | 23. | ||||||||
| 24. | Angelo State | Henderson State (1–0) | Delta State (2–1) т | Delta State (3–1) | 24. | ||||||||
| 25. | Bemidji State | Fort Hays State (2–0) | Wingate (2–0) т | Indiana (PA) (3–0) | 25. | ||||||||
| Preseason August 12[1] | Week 2 September 9[2] | Week 3 September 16[3] | Week 4 September 23[4] | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: UT Permian Basin NW Missouri State Angelo State Bemidji State | Dropped: Minnesota Duluth Fort Hays State | Dropped: Virginia Union Wingate | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
D2Football.com poll
| Preseason August 18[5] | Week 1 September 2[6] | Week 2 September 9[7] | Week 3 September 16[8] | Week 4 September 23[9] | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | Harding | Harding (0–0) | Harding (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | 1. | ||||||||
| 2. | Central Missouri | Central Missouri (0–0) | Central Missouri (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | 2. | ||||||||
| 3. | Ferris State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | 3. | ||||||||
| 4. | Pittsburg State | Grand Valley State (0–0) | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | 4. | ||||||||
| 5. | Grand Valley State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | 5. | ||||||||
| 6. | Valdosta State | Colorado Mines (0–0) | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Ferris State (2–1) | 6. | ||||||||
| 7. | Colorado Mines | Central Washington (0–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Ferris State (2–1) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | 7. | ||||||||
| 8. | Central Washington | Minnesota State (1–0) | Ferris State (1–1) | Kutztown (2–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | 8. | ||||||||
| 9. | Kutztown | Ferris State (0–1) | Kutztown (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Central Washington (2–1) | 9. | ||||||||
| 10. | Slippery Rock | Kutztown (0–0) | Central Washington (0–1) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | 10. | ||||||||
| 11. | Minnesota State | Slippery Rock (0–0) | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Central Missouri (1–1) | Central Missouri (2–1) | 11. | ||||||||
| 12. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Delta State (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | 12. | ||||||||
| 13. | West Florida | Lenoir–Rhyne (0–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | 13. | ||||||||
| 14. | Delta State | West Florida (0–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | 14. | ||||||||
| 15. | Indianapolis | UT Permian Basin (1–0) | Indianapolis (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Emporia State (4–0) | 15. | ||||||||
| 16. | UT Permian Basin | Indianapolis (0–0) | Western Colorado (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | 16. | ||||||||
| 17. | Ouachita Baptist | Ouachita Baptist (0–0) | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | 17. | ||||||||
| 18. | Virginia Union | Virginia Union (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Emporia State (3–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | 18. | ||||||||
| 19. | Western Colorado | Western Colorado (1–0) | Henderson State (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (2–1) | 19. | ||||||||
| 20. | Bemidji State | Bemidji State (1–0) | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Florida (1–1) | 20. | ||||||||
| 21. | Augustana (SD) | Augustana (SD) (0–0) | Fort Hays State (2–0) | Bemidji State (2–1) | Bemidji State (3–1) | 21. | ||||||||
| 22. | NW Missouri State | Henderson State (0–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Charleston (WV) (3–0) | 22. | ||||||||
| 23. | Henderson State | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Bemidji State (1–1) | Wingate (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (3–0) | 23. | ||||||||
| 24. | Charleston (WV) | Fort Hays State (1–0) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Delta State (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | 24. | ||||||||
| 25. | Minnesota Duluth | Charleston (WV) (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (2–0) | Carson–Newman (3–0) | 25. | ||||||||
| Preseason August 18[5] | Week 1 September 2[6] | Week 2 September 9[7] | Week 3 September 16[8] | Week 4 September 23[9] | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: NW Missouri State | Dropped: UT Permian Basin | Dropped: Minnesota Duluth Fort Hays State CSU Pueblo | Dropped: Virginia Union Wingate Delta State | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
References
- ^ "Defending National Champion Harding Preseason No. 1". AFCA. August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ "Emporia State Uses Upset to Jump Into Top 25". AFCA. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "Wingate Enters Top 25 With Upset Of Delta State". September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "West Alabama Moves Up After Overtime Thriller". September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "D2Football.com Preseason Top 25 Poll". d2football.com. August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ "D2Football.com Week 1 Top 25 Poll". d2football.com. September 2, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "D2Football.com Week 2 Top 25 Poll". September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "D2Football.com Week 3 Top 25 Poll". September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "D2Football.com Week 4 Top 25 Poll". September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.